White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre congratulated “all the Swifties out there” after the Kansas City Chief’s Super Bowl victory, but she couldn’t say whether Taylor Swift would join boyfriend Travis Kelce as the team being honored by President Joe Biden.
“The President was able to catch part of the game and on his behalf I would like to congratulate the Kansas City Chiefs on their third Super Bowl victory in just five seasons. And also congratulations to all the Swifties out there,” she said during her daily press conference on Monday.
Kansas City’s come-from-behind victory came amid an online conspiracy theory that the Chiefs would win a “rigged” Super Bowl to help Biden win a second term in the White House.
Taylor Swift tightly kisses Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce after the team’s win
The last time the Chiefs played the San Francisco 49ers was in 2020 and that same year Biden defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election. The two men are set for a rematch in 2024.
The winning team traditionally receives an invitation to the White House. Jean-Pierre could not say when the Chiefs would arrive or if Swift would be with them, noting that it is up to the team who he wants to invite.
“That will be up to the Chiefs and, obviously, their decision as to who will come with them when they come. And as you know, it’s a White House tradition. “I can’t speak to the attendees and who will be there, but we look forward to having them here,” she said.
She said she didn’t know if the players could bring a plus one.
Swift endorsed Biden in 2020 and she is said to be a prime target for the campaign to have on their side in this year’s general election.
The “Shake it Off” singer traveled halfway around the world, from her tour stop in Japan to Las Vegas, to cheer on her friend’s team. Then she went onto the field to give him a congratulatory kiss. The couple also joined players at a Vegas club to dance the night away.
After the game, which Kansas won 25-22 in overtime, Kelce said it was on for the next performance.
“I’m going to move on and enjoy this and everything that just happened,” he said. ‘This is a unique opportunity that I have now been able to take advantage of three times. It gets sweeter and sweeter every time.
“You know the goal has always been to get three. But we couldn’t get here without getting those two, and having that target on our backs all year long.”
Neither has commented on the many online conspiracies that exist about them.
But Biden referenced it on social media.
The President’s personal account I spread it on X immediately after the Super Bowl winning catch, noting, “Just like we drew it” above an image of “Dark Brandon” — a meme featuring Biden with lasers for eyes.
Biden also referenced it in his inaugural post on Tik-Tok. His campaign announced their decision to join TikTok on Sunday night, despite the president’s national security concerns about the Chinese social media app.
“I’d be in trouble if I told you,” Biden joked in the video when asked if the conspiracy was true.
He also declined to choose between Kansas City and San Francisco, noting that his marriage made him an Eagles fan as his wife Jill Biden is a “Philly girl.”
And when asked to choose between NFL brothers Travis Kelce or Jason Kelce, Biden replied, “Mama Kelce, I understand she makes great chocolate chip cookies.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre could not say whether Taylor Swift would join the Kansas City Chiefs in the White House
Taylor Swift celebrates with Ashley Avignone, Ice Spice and Blake Lively during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl
TikTok has 170 million American users, but few high-level American politicians.
Biden’s decision to create a campaign account illustrates his team’s desperation to reach young voters, even as the federal government has warned that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has the ability to share data with the Chinese government.
Concerns about the app prompted Biden to ban it on devices used by the federal government in December 2022.
Swift has been the subject of other conspiracy theories about her relationship with Kelce, including the baseless rumor that they are “fake dating” to boost NFL ratings by getting the pop star’s millions of fans to watch.
TV cameras regularly pan to Swift as she attends Chief matches, but as regular football viewers know, the action on the pitch frequently slows down and it’s normal for cameras to show the crowd even when one of the most famous women in the world is in it sit .
The singer told Time Magazine that her relationship with the football star began in July when he put her on his podcast.
“This all started when Travis adorably confused me on his podcast, which I thought was metal… We started hanging out right after that,” Swift said on an episode of Kelce’s New Heights podcast on 26 July.
“So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for because we got to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I guess some people think they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to initiate a first date,” she noted.
Swift has won the ire of Republicans for her support of Democratic candidates: Biden in 2020 and Democratic Senate candidates in Tennessee.
And Kelce won the ire of conservatives and anti-vaxxers for promoting Pfizer’s Covid vaccine.